From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/47379 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?B?SWRyaXMgU2FtYXdpIEhhbWlkINin2K/YsdmK2LMg2LPZhdin2YjZiiDYrQ==?= =?utf-8?B?2KfZhdiv?= Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Arabic typesetting in Plain TeX over LuaTeX Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:52:04 -0700 Organization: Colorado State University Message-ID: References: <598a61650902121917l2037bb35ue16c4ad340cc39e9@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"; DelSp="yes" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234536892 6022 80.91.229.12 (13 Feb 2009 14:54:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:54:52 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Feb 13 15:56:03 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LXzSL-0001gC-Eh for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:55:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8E211FB1D; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:54:31 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 13772-01-9; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:53:32 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 400941FC7B; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:53:32 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30FDB1FC7B for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:53:31 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 03895-05-8 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:52:13 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter1-til.mf.surf.net (filter1-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.217]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B5631FC2F for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:52:13 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by filter1-til.mf.surf.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with SMTP id n1DEqBUx026614 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:52:12 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail 20956 invoked by uid 1006); 13 Feb 2009 14:52:09 -0000 Original-Received: from ishamid@colostate.edu by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 3.1.4. 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Processed in 0.480929 secs); 13 Feb 2009 14:52:09 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.4) by -v with SMTP; 13 Feb 2009 14:52:08 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 16092 invoked from network); 13 Feb 2009 14:52:05 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO your-b27fb1c401) (ishamid@75.104.85.3) by -v with SMTP; 13 Feb 2009 14:52:05 -0000 In-Reply-To: <598a61650902121917l2037bb35ue16c4ad340cc39e9@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.50 (Win32) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=216.163.120.8; country=US; region=VA; city=Herndon; postalcode=20171; latitude=38.9266; longitude=-77.3936; metrocode=511; areacode=703; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.9266,-77.3936&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 179597596 - 336fddf38fc1 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.217 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:47379 Archived-At: Hi, On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:17:26 -0700, Ilda Khaki wrote: > I am trying to compare the results of Arabic typesetting between > different > TeX engines to decide the best one. Can anyone send a samplwe file for > typesetting Arabic in Plain TeX over luatex where the alphabets are not > isolated? 1. Mixed-up categories: Plain TeX is a macropackage, luaTeX is an engine. 2. Your question is way too general. You could use ArabTeX with the original TeX engine, and there are other systems out there too... 3. For real-life 21'st century practical purposes (viz utf-8 + opentype) your choices are XeTeX and LuaTeX. 4. Without a more precise question I cannot really recommend which way to go from here. Search the wiki as well :-) Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________